18-21. Third strophe. burneth —maketh consumption, not only spreading rapidly, but also consuming like fire: sin is its own punishment. briers . . . thorns —emblem of the wicked; especially those of low rank ( Isaiah 27:4 ; 2 Samuel 23:6 ). forest —from the humble shrubbery the flame spreads to the vast forest; it reaches the high, as well as the low. mount up like . . . smoke —rather. "They ( the thickets of the forest ) shall lift themselves proudly aloft [the Hebrew is from a Syriac root, a cock, expressing stateliness of motion, from his strutting gait, HORSLEY], in (in passing into) volumes of ascending smoke" [MAURER]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"
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